Cosmetic operations and Khovanov multicurves
Geometric Topology
2024-07-04 v1 Quantum Algebra
Symplectic Geometry
Abstract
We prove an equivariant version of the Cosmetic Surgery Conjecture for strongly invertible knots. Our proof combines a recent result of Hanselman with the Khovanov multicurve invariants and . We apply the same techniques to reprove a result of Wang about the Cosmetic Crossing Conjecture and split links. Along the way, we show that and detect if a Conway tangle is split.
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@article{arxiv.2109.14049,
title = {Cosmetic operations and Khovanov multicurves},
author = {Artem Kotelskiy and Tye Lidman and Allison H. Moore and Liam Watson and Claudius Zibrowius},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.14049},
year = {2024}
}
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